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SYMPHONIE IM ST. PAULI ELBTUNNEL

144 musicians played a specially composed symphony distributed over the 860 meters of the two tunnel tubes,

and they were conducted digitally.

 SYMPHONIE IM ST. PAULI ELBTUNNEL

My composition ''Happiness" was showcased with 144 musicians in the St.Pauli Elbtunnel on 26 May 2019.

SYMPHONIE IM ST. PAULI ELBTUNNEL
It is an acoustic and visual spectacle in a very special place: On the occasion of the reopening of the east tube after renovation, the University of Music and Theatre and the Hamburg Port Authority organized four concerts in the St. Pauli Elbtunnel on the last weekend in May 2019. 144 musicians played a specially composed symphony distributed over the 860 meters of the two tunnel tubes. They were conducted digitally: each performer received a tablet and was given his or her own score on it by means of specially developed software. A server computer controlled the tablets individually in real time. The concertgoers moved freely through the Elbetunnel during the performance.

Max score (the digital conductor) by Georg Hajdu Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg Center for Microtonal Music and MultiMedia (ZM4 georghajdu@hfmt)